Halvar Björk
Swedish actor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Erik Halvar Bertil Björk (22 September 1928 – 12 November 2000) was a Swedish actor. He worked at the Malmö City Theatre from 1962 to 1986, and he had many substantial film and TV roles; for example, he acted in Autumn Sonata (1978) and Sunday's Children (1992) by Ingmar Bergman and The Emigrants (1971) and The New Land (1972) by Jan Troell.
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Born | Erik Halvar Bertil Björk (1928-09-22)22 September 1928 Borgvattnet, Sweden |
Died | 12 November 2000(2000-11-12) (aged 72) Huddinge, Sweden |
Nationality | Swedish |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1944–1982 |
Spouse | Alice Strid-Word (born 1930) |
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Björk won the Best Actor at the 5th Guldbagge Awards for his performance in the Yngve Gamlin film Badarna (1968).[1] He died of lung cancer.